Mel's life is totally out of sync, at school, at home, everywhere. Pug is the only good thing - loving him, in his untidy room scented and shadowed with frangipani, she finds passionate fulfilment. But his world is so different from hers - can they possibly make it together? And can she let him in on her overwhelming secret?'Tough, tender, sexy, passionate, this is one of the year's best.' - Pam Macintyre, Age'The Best Thing is an impossibly good book. I felt enriched by reading it. It has the energy of a rock concert, and the finesse of a violin. I wish I'd written it.' - John Marsden'A beautiful book, a passionate novel of love, of learning, of loss and of new life.' - Sophie Masson
This is Book 1 in the Ark fiction Series. See all Ark fiction books here.
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Margo Lanagan is a highly acclaimed writer of novels, short stories and poetry. She lives in Sydney. White Time was short-listed for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for the Ethel Turner Prize, the Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work and the Aurealis Convenor's Award. The Queen's Notice' won the Aurealis Best Young Adult Short Story Award. Blac
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